Odd Fact For The Day

July 9, 2007

An online producer copied a Wall Street Journal editorial for an online video essay known as Katie Couric's Notebook, which gives the impression of being written by her. Couric correctly points out that Peggy Noonan used to write [Dan] Rather's commentary, but the incident seemed to cement the bias among the Ratherites that Couric symbolized the decline of news values. [Emphasis added.]